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Topeka USD 501 board recesses into 30-minute executive session to discuss confidential personnel matters
Summary
The Board of Education of Topeka Public Schools (USD 501) voted to enter a 30-minute executive session under the personnel exemption of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. The motion was moved by Board Member Munoz, seconded by Board Member Tatum, and passed on a voice vote with six in favor and one abstention; one member was absent.
The Board of Education of Topeka Public Schools (USD 501) recessed into a 30-minute executive session on a motion to discuss confidential personnel matters under the personnel exemption of the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
Board Member Munoz moved the executive-session motion, saying, "Mister president, I move the Board of Education of USC 5 0 1 reassess into executive session for 30 minutes to discuss confidential personnel matters pursuant to the personnel exemption from the Kansas Open Meetings Act. To protect the privacy of individuals discussed, the board will return to open session in the boardroom at 5 06:01. Superintendent and executive staff are invited into executive session." The motion was seconded by Board Member Tatum.
The presiding officer called for a vote and announced, "So the motion carries 6, to nothing with 1 abs abstaining." The record shows one member, Miss Lister, was absent. The board indicated it would vote by hand because of that absence. The temporary clerk for the meeting, Dr. Gray, served in that role due to Miss Lister's absence.
The motion specified that the superintendent and executive staff were invited to attend the executive session. The board stated a planned return time to open session at 5:06:01 on the boardroom clock as noted in the motion.
No formal discussion of the personnel matters was recorded in the public transcript. The action on the motion and the attendant procedural details — mover, seconder, vote count, the stated legal exemption, the invited staff, the planned return time, and the absence of Miss Lister — are the items documented in the public record prior to the start of the closed session.
After the vote the chair closed the public broadcast; the livestream was stopped as the board entered executive session.
